This week we have focused on the way Black women have laid the foundations for Black feminism as a field, movement, and a form of critical praxis. One woman whose work exemplifies Black feminism as critical praxis is Ida B. Wells.

Source: Vogue.com

Ida B. Wells was an antilynching advocate during the Jim Crow era. Her work investigating lynchings in the South brought to light how widespread these anti-Black crimes were in the US.

PBS has a documentary detailing her life titled The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow | Ida B. Wells: A Lifetime of Activism. Click here to view the brief documentary and learn more about this courageous woman.